"You went to the Old Bowery? Where'd you get your money?" asked the man, who was a porter in the employ of a firm doing business on Spruce Street.
"Made it by shines, in course. My guardian don't allow me no money for theatres, so I have to earn it."
"Some boys get it easier than that," said the porter significantly.
"You don't you catch me stealin', if that's what you mean," said Dick. "Don't you ever steal, then?"
"No, and I wouldn't. Lots of boys does it, but I Wouldn't."
(Alger, 1990, p. 3)
Excerpt from "Bright Lights," by Matchbox 20
She got out of town
On a railway New York bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on Broadway
There's some things in this world
You just can't change
Somethings you can't see
Until it gets too late
"You went to the Old Bowery? Where'd you get your money?" asked the man, who was a porter in the employ of a firm doing business on Spruce Street.
"Made it by shines, in course. My guardian don't allow me no money for theatres, so I have to earn it."
"Some boys get it easier than that," said the porter significantly.
"You don't you catch me stealin', if that's what you mean," said Dick. "Don't you ever steal, then?"
"No, and I wouldn't. Lots of boys does it, but I Wouldn't."
(Alger, 1990, p. 3)
Excerpt from "Bright Lights," by Matchbox 20
She got out of town
On a railway New York bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on Broadway
There's some things in this world
You just can't change
Somethings you can't see
Until it gets too late
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